http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/ Engadget Comments for The Blue Microphones Snowball: studio quality sound recorded at home http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000447028481/
They're not presenting it as a high-end vocal mic, this is what the website says it's for: " instrument and voice for music production / pre-production / demos, DV-looping / dialog, podcasting, sound effects, audio sampling, interactive programming, video sweetening / post, internet telephony, internet conferencing, recording lectures, poetry slams, spoken word performances and speeches by your favorite politician"]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/
So yeah, the prosumer and pro market will come, but they're going to make they cash from the casual aspiring vocalist who just wants to plug and play. For them old school 16/44 is good enough.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/
Would the snowball mic do the trick? If so, what recording software (for XP) would you recommend?

Thanks,]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/
This is for someone who wants to do pro-quality voiceovers on a computer (for audio/video editing) and doesn't want to spend money on a mixing board to run one phantom powered condenser microphone, then money on a USB audio interface (assuming the board doesn't have one) for clean audio.

I just plunked down money for an M-Audio interface for this purpose so I could use my existing SM57/58 mics (good, but not great). I would rather spend the money on this mic for PC-based audio work.]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/
"With its dual capsule design and unique three-pattern switch (cardioid, cardioid with -10dB pad and omni), the Snowball can handle everything from soft vocals to the loudest garage band — and it’s ideal for podcasting."

http://www.bluemic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Products&file=index&prod_id=18]]>Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/Dec 19th 2005 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/
Check out the reveiw that I did for macintouch:

http://www.macintouch.com/audiorecord8.html#oct24



Warmest Regards,



Jerry McCrae

Owner / Big Mouth

http://www.BigMouthStudio.com]]>Dec 30th 2005 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/the-blue-microphones-snowball-studio-quality-sound-recorded-at/


If are using anything but a select few programs (ie - garage band and peak) then this thing is a hunk of junk. Most audio software doesn't recognize the snowball and the work around on the blue sites faq doesn't solve a thing... it only compounds the problem. ]]>Jan 3rd 2006 11:12PM